You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Education and debate
World cup soccer players tend to be born with sun and moon in adjacent zodiacal signs
  1. J Verhulst
  1. Louis Bolk Institute, Driebergen, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to: J Verhulst Jozef.Verhulst{at}ping.be

Abstract

The ecliptic elongation of the moon with respect to the sun does not show uniform distribution on the birth dates of the 704 soccer players selected for the 1998 World Cup. However, a uniform distribution is expected on astronomical grounds. The World Cup players show a very pronounced tendency (p = 0.00001) to be born on days when the sun and moon are in adjacent zodiacal signs.

  • soccer
  • World Cup
  • astrology
  • moon

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.34.6.465

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    View Full Text

    Footnotes